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Joint Airfield Operations Executive Steering Committee. Charter. Designate representatives Frequency of meetings several on-going issues relating to theater air traffic control and airfield management
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Charter • Designate representatives • Frequency of meetings • several on-going issues relating to theater air traffic control and airfield management • redesignate the advisory council as a working group under our committee and include other subject matter experts (civil engineering, communications, etc) to work issues/produce results.
Issue: Need for contingency ops joint airfield criteria OEF and OIF lessons learned and field inputs highlight a disparity between the services, NATO, ICAO and host-nation In some cases criteria not followed & mishap or HATR followed Confusion exists on what criteria to use and when Issue Summary
Actions to Date • Joint Airfield Operations Advisory Council established (USAF led) • Charter dictates the group can “develop initiatives, discuss dissimilarities, and develop/recommend joint positions on airfield ops issues” • Crossflow info on manning, facility procedures, developing positions toward FAA policies, etc. • Service reps meeting quarterly since Jun 04 • Numerous issues addressed to include development of standardized airfield criteria • JAOAC is advisory in nature…no way to enforce changes • Need alt way ahead to address standardization of airfield criteria
Way Ahead • Establish Joint Airfield Operations Executive Steering Committee • Provides oversight to a joint airfield operations working group • Re-designate Joint Airfield Operations Advisory Council to a working group • Will include addition of more Subject Matter Experts (i.e: engineers, maintenance) • Start-up initiatives should include: • Establish a single contingency airfield criteria standard • Analyze existing criteria (UFCs, AFJMAN, ETLs, ACs, AFIs, T.O.s) • Investigate joint airfield management training opportunities • Standardize contingency air traffic control procedures • Develop additional contingency standardization initiatives
Airfield Criteria • ICAO • NATO • Host-Nation • FAA • AF • Sister Service • Unified Facilities Criteria 03-260-01 • AFJPAM 32-8013 V1&2 – contingency criteria between AF and Army • AFI 13-217, Engineering Technical Letter 04-2: LZs